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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER, 5, 1916
NO. 16
5.-
THE TOWN OF
HENRIETTA
By F. A. MITCHEL
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=W.
If one desires to see how fast tho
world is moving on iet him spend a
few weeks in a town that has stood
still. Ill Henrietta—named for the
Queen of Charles I. of England—the
same social forms are in vogue that
. were current in 1SG0. And even then
there was a semblance of the formality
that existed in Baltimore when Miss
Patterson married a brother of the
great Napoleon. In introducing a
friend to another the introducer would
say, *"I have the honor of presenting
my friend Miss So-and-so of the old
Virginia family of So-and-so's, who
were prominent in the colony during
the reign of Charles II." Indeed, there
was no one in the place whose ancestors were not loyal subjects of one of
the Stuart kings except a family of
Stackpoles, who were tabooed because
the founder of the, family in America
had been a fugitive regicide.
One morning a young couple arrived
in Henrietta, evidently a bride and
groom, and within an hour after their
arrival had rented one of the houses
that had been long vacant owing to
the shrinkage of-the population. The
groom, nineteen years old, was a dignified young fellow for his age, the
bride a rosebud three years his junior.
He said very little, she a great deal.
She was a regular chatterbox. She
appeared to consider every one on
earth her bosom friend. She would
speak to any one on the slightest provocation and not trouble the person addressed to do any of the talking. So
smiling, so unaffected, indeed, so
charming was she that it is difficult to
understand how, even in Henrietta,
she could have been snubbed. But
she was.
To such a person, outspoken in
friendliness, a snub is like Jack Frost
touching the petal of a flower. At
first the little woman did not understand it, but when she had been frozen
by several Henrietta ladies she began
to wilt—that is, when she came in
contact with any more of them she
curled up like the sensitive plant.
Now, the Stackpole family, whose
ancestor had been Instrumental in cutting off the head of its sovereign, had
always lived outside tbe charmed circle of Henrietta society. Consequently they could sympathize with one
whose refinement entitled her to be in
it, but who was not permitted to take
her place there. At any rate, they
called on the bride and invited her to
tea. Then she fell ill, and they carried dainty things to her. They even
insisted on taking her and her husband to their home, where they could
make them more comfortable.
The little bride gladly accepted the
Invitation, and her husband was
pleased to have her do so, especially
since he dreaded to have her remain
in such dilapidated quarters. As for
himself, he remained where he was
except when in attendance upon his
wife. Of course everything the couple
did was known and discussed. When
it was learned that the groom had declined for himself the Stackpole invitation the most aristocratic lady in
Henrietta remarked, "I believe that
young man has royal blood in his
veins."
One day a letter came for the bride
and groom, and as soon after the young
wife was able to travel the birds flew
away. Many speculations had been
rife as to where they had come from,
and as soon as it was known that they
had gone inquiries were made at the
postoffice by one of the social magnates as to the postmark. When told
that it was the seat of the federal
government a tremor passed over the
town.
For some time after the war Washington was tabooed by Henrietta as
unworthy of notice. But when the
first families of the south began to
send their prominent sons to congress,
the cabinet, tho supreme court and
other important positions Henrietta began to hungerfor Washington. What
if that young couple were the children
of—perhaps a congressman? But the
announcement- that the letter was
from the capital was a ripple beside a
tidal wave when one of the Stackpole
family was known to have received an
engraved card stating that the Secretary of State and Mrs. would be
pleased to see certain members of the
Stackpole family at their residence in
circle on a specified evening.
There had been no such upheaval In
Henrietta since the beheading of
Charles I., when the town was a settlement in the primaeval forest, as
took place at this invitation. Nor was
it lessened at Mrs. Stackpole senior's
declaring that the groom who had lately been with them was the son of a
senator and the bride the daughter of
a cabinet officer. The youngsters had
stolen away—almost from the nursery
—to run away and be married.
The Stackpoles' attendance at a
function at the house of the secretary
of state wiped away the stain of regl-
cidal blood. All Henrietta besieged
them on their return to hear an account of the festivities, and the ice
having been after three centuries
broken, it did not again congeal.
Henrietta's, last aristocratic maiden
Citizen died a few years ago, and the
place has the appearance of the first
settlement in America—Jamestown. A
part of the church remains and some
of the houses, but they are occupied by
citizens of African descent. The bride
and groom who sojourned there have
settled down as elderly persons of so-
scial prominence in the capital.
Death Claims
C. A. Sprandel
Charles August Sprandel, for 35
years a resident and a well known
business man of Little Falls, died-
Friday evening at S o'clock at his
home at the Brickyards, a few miles
west of the city, from heart failure.
He had been ill since last spring.
Mr. Sprandel was born Dec. 14,
1850, at Reading, Pa., and came to
Little Falls in 1881, after spending his
boyhood in Indiana. He was also
in business at Morris a short time before coming here. He had been identified with the brick making industry
ever since coming here and was still
owner of the Sprandel brickyards at
the time of hi's death, although he
had not operated them for several
years.
Close Schools to
Gather Potatoes
A Pretty Busy Man.
Peter L. Poster's crew is now
putting- the finishing- touches to
the Terhaar bridg-e. With one
crew at the bridg-e, one crew at
the Pierz Hotel, another digging
a basement and moving- Susan
Wag-ner's house, another building- cement walks at the bank,
and putting- a cement floor in
in basement, another making-
teed ing floors and water troughs,
and other pumping- water out of
cellars, another getting- the
threshing: machine in order, an
other repairing- the planer, another crew of men and teams
hauling sand and gravel for the
cement workers etc., etc,, etc.,
—whats the use of mentioning
all the crews—it keeps Peter
scattered. And yet he is never
So busy that he doesn't find time
to fig-ure on a job of any kind.
He never burns any of his irons.
The Motley Consolidated schools
were closed all of this week to allow the school children from the
country to assist their parents in
picking up potatoes and to give the
school board an opportunity to make
some changes which it has been found
necessary to make owing to the overcrowded conditions of the school.
Between 40 and 50 of the school
children from the country were going
to stay out of school this week to
pick up potatoes as it is impossible at
this time of the year for the farmers
to hire help to do this work. This is
the first time it has been necessary to
close the school in Motley for this
purpose although it has been practiced at other places and at Verndale
•the school is closed each year for a
sufficient length of time to allow 'the
farmers to get their potato crop out.
Liveryman Killed
In Auto Accident
A New Soft Drink
Factory Starts Soon
Fined in Mille Lacs Co.
A new soft drink factory will be
started before January 1 by Alderman E. F. Brown and others interested in the venture with him. The factory will be located at 409 Third
street northeast in a new building to
be erected on a 50-foot lot owned by
Mr. Brown.
The firm name of the new company
will be Brown & Co. and the building
will be ready before Jan. 1 for commencing business. Mr. Brown will
continue his dray line, which will be
consolidated with the factory and will
be owned by the new firm.
Little Falls has one bottling factory
at present and this concern has always done an excellent business. The
natural growth of the city and county
together with the phenomenal growth
of 'the soft drink business is believed
by many to furnish a fine opening for
another factory. The new concern
should do well.
Pierz R. F. D. No. 3.
Over in Mille Lacs county two
partners in a drug store and the wife
of one of the men were fined a total
of $277 by Judge Roeser Monday
afternoon. They were found guilty
of iselling morning "nips" behind
the prescription counter to a few
friends. A doctors prescription had
been used over and over again according to the testimony.
Protected By Accident
Insurance.
Owing to an act recently passed
by congress, postoffice employes are
now protected by accident insurance
at the expense of the government.
$500,000 was appropriated for the
purpose when the act was passed.
In case of injury, either temporary
or permanent, or of death incurred
in the course of duty, employes or
their dependants will receive 66
2-3 per cent of their regular salary
each month.
Sullivan News.
T. S. Look was a Lastrup caller
'ast Wednesday.
Mrs. T. S. Look visited at the lake
Wednesday.
Fred Lynn drove to Pierz Friday
and brought home a load of siding.
Miss Jessie Smith left Friday for
Kimball where she will stay with
her brother Charles and attend high
school. .
Claude Look was a Hillman visitor
Friday.
H. C. Smith, wife and son Tom
were visitors in Onamia Friday.
Ben Olson of the "Pines" was a visitor in this vicinity Sunday.
Stewart Oliver was a lake caller
Sunday.
Ruth and Blanche Walmark called.
at Hoppe's Sunday.
Julius Popelick was a Lastrup caller Sunday. ,
Pleasant Loop called at Mrs. Ford's
Saturday afternoon.
John Hoheisel of Pierz lias moved
'into tho Geo. Sigette place in Platte j
which he purchased some time ago.!
He expects to keep a store in the
near future.
Marie Hoppe was a visitor at J. P. j
Walmark's Sunday.
Will Penniman and R. C. Bethel
were at the lake Sunday.
Illif Wilmark returned home from
the drive Sunday and will stay for
some time.
Everybody busy digging spuds and
very few to dig.
Annie Smith spent Monday night
with Vernida Look.
J. J. Linnehan sawed wood last week
with his new gasoline engine.
John Sochrs, who has been working on the Wood hill out of Lastrup,
is home.
Miss Alice Muncy .spent the week
end at her home here. She is attending high school at Little Falls.
Miss Helen Davis spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Little
Falls.
Merrill Winzenburg and Charles Davis of Little Fails spent a few days of
last week at the M. F. Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beimert returned
Wednesday from a trip in Wisconsin.
Fritz Kroper and Pete Seeleh were
Pierz callers Thursday evening.
•Dr. E. A. Hail was called Sunday
to Carl Beimert's to see a sick horse.
Mrs. E. L. Muncy and daughter
Wanda were Little Falls- visitors Saturday.
Those attending the party at Charlie Johnson's Sunday evening report
a very good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Meyer, Misises
Margaret, Frances and Agnes Meyer
called at the M. F. Smith home Monday . evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. DeRosier and
daughter spent Saturday in Little
Falls.
Wilson, Nation's Most
Aristocratic President
Melrose, Minn.—Leo Gillitzer, aged
31, lost his life late last night when
an automobile which he was driving
left the road a few miles out of here
and rolled down a steep embankment
into a slough.
Whether or not Gillitzer had sustained a broken neck or lost his life
by drowning when he "was pinioned
(aider the car in the slough was not
known for a certainty early today.
Gillitzer, who is the liveryman at
Spring Hill, had been running a car
to the fair to haul visitors to that
exposition during the day yesterday.
During the afternoon he had taken
four men from St. Martin to Sauk
Centre. On the return trip he came
by way of Melrose and his own car
became disabled. '
Leaving his car in the garage he
-took out another one and started for
home j about 10 o'clock last night.
This was the last seen of him until an
early hour this morning.
It was about 5 o'clock this morning
that Theodore Wuertz was driving up
ilie road near which Gillitzer lost his
life when he saw an automobile turned
over at the foot of the embankment.
Wuertz went down to make an inspection of the car and was startled
to find the body of a muTi pinioned
underneath it. He notified the authorities at once and the body was removed. According to Wuertz the body
was lying in the water, partly submerged, and it is presumed that Gillitzer lost his life by drowning.
It is also presumed that it was due
to the fact that he was not familiar
with the car he was driving that he
left the road, as he knows'the country thoroughly, and he is a sober man.
Gillitzer is the son of Joseph Gil-
ntzer of Collegeville, one of the early
teachers of the vicinity. He is married and has four children.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Court House Records
In Good Condition
County Treasurer Renick and Public Examiner George R. Boostrom
passed through here this forenoon on
the way to Hillman. Mr. Boostrom,
in speaking of affairs pertaining to
his duties, said: "I have examined
the books in the Morrison county
court house and found them absolutely correct. The records of your county are kept' absolutely correct and
are second to none in the state—with
emphasis on state—and your officials
stand out in strong relief against those
of the counties of northern Minnesota
now in the limelight."
Mr. Boostrom was attending to his
regular duties as examiner at Little
Falls, and since the office of State
Public Examiner had received a petition signed by ten citizens of Hillman, requesting that the books of
that township be examined, he made
the trip there today for that purpose.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
Fergus Falls Journal: Richard
Hoorn was up from Alexandria to attend the county fair Friday and states
that quite a sensation was created
there a few days ago, when it became
noised about that United States Senator Knute Nelson had invested in an
automboile—the first that he has ever
owned. Senator Nelson, when not engaged in handling affairs at Washington, spends his time at his farm
home, about a mile out from Alexandria. He enjoys farm work, and
up to this time has always driven a
quiet old family horse. Last week,
however, he yielded to the prevailing
tendency of the times and Invested j
in an automobile—a F°rd. Senator t
Nelson differs somewhat in this respect from President Wilson, who has
a matter of eight Pierce Arrows—'the
wealthy man's car—in his garage;
and by the way, 'Congressmen and
Senators who spend their time in
Washington state that President Wilson is the most aristocratic president
who has occupied the White House
in the past generation, especially
since his recent marriage. i
'Vheat, No. 1, --
Wheat, No. 2__
Wheat, No. 3_'_U
Flax,
Barley
Rye?
Oats
$1.
1
1
2,
80
1
Ear Corn
Hay 7
Butter, Creamery ••
Dairy ._
Egg-s
Plour,Royal 4
" White Rose 4
Low grade flour 1
Bran . 1
Shorts 1
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1
Ground Peed 1
Beans 5
Onions
60
58
49
20
85'
10
40
72
00
37
27
26
50
40
80
30
35
50
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00
60
MaryLjanger returned frcm
Rochester last week.
John Hoheisel and family
have moved to Platte.
'Die show in the Opera
House begins at 8:15, instead
of 8:30.
Gr. Martin of Sullivan was
an over-night visitor here
Monday.
Norbert Brummer and family spent Sunday visiting relatives in Cxilman.
E. A. Magnusseu of Milaca
passed through here to Freedhem Saturday.
Mrs. Richard Boehm of
Foley is here visiting at the
Frank Boehm home.
JohnKastanek has ordered
the Pierz Journal sent to Cor-
onodo Beach, California.
H. J. Vierk made a trip to
Soutli St. Paul yesterday
with several cars of stock.
The Neitzinger family has
moved into the house recently vacated by John Hoheisel.
John J. Filer Jr. is now at
work with Mike Schraut in
the delivery business.
Frank Kimnies has put up
a new 86 by 80 barn on his
place, the old Joseph Jaeger
farm.
Chas. Becker is going to!
build a house and barn on
his place about six miles east
of the village.
It is reported that Bowin,
Rathbun died at his Montana
home a few weeks ago, at the
age of 71 years.
Joseph P. Leigh of Vawter
was in town last night. Mr.
Leigh is buyiug grain and
potatoes at Vawter.
When a cow has a humped-
up back, a hacking cough
and a rough coat, tuberculosis is to be suspected.
Henry Gau lias bought a lot
north of the village pumping
station and is clearing same
and prepairing it for a residence.
A crew of the Little Falls
Water Power Co. is at work
installing electric light aud
power into the Mike Thommes and Christ Faust places.
Marriage licenses were iss-'
ued last Friday tolgnatz Brisk
and Mary Cimiuski and to
Frank Pohlkamp and Catherine Suess.
The sheep-killing dog is a
gentleman by day, but a fiend
by night- He is incurable.
Capital punishment is tne
only kind that will stop his
depredations.
St. Cloud Business College has
more calls lor students to till
positions tha.ii it can supply.
It's the school to SAVE you
money.
At last the German State
Bank building is assuming
the form of the architects design. The basement is completed, the heating plant is
installed, and the cement
walk on the south side is
done.
Sale of School and
Other Lands
State of Minnesota,
State Auditor's Office,
Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 1916, at 10 o'clock a. m. in
the office of the County Auditor at
Little Falls, Morrison County, in the
State of Minnesota, I will offer for
sale certain unsold .state lands and
also those state lands which have reverted to the State by reason of the
non-payment of interest.
Terms of Sale.
Fifteen per cent of the purchase
price is payable to the County Treasurer at the time of sale. The unpaid
balance is payable at any time in
whole or in part on or before forty
years from the date of sale at an interest rate of four per cent per annum,
due on June first of each year; provided, that the interest can be paid
at any time within the intereut year
without penalty. In effect, this means
that the interest money may be paid
any time between June and May
thirty-first without penalty.
Appraised value of timber, when
so stated, must be paid for in full at.
the time of sale.
All lands are sold subject to any
and all ditch taxes thereon.
All mineral rights are reserved to
the State by the laws of the State.
Lands on whibh the interest has become delinquent may be redeemed at
any time up to the hour of sale, or before resale, to the actual purchaser.
Such lands are listed under the caption, "Delinquent Lands."
No person can purchase more than
320 acres of lands as provided by the
General Laws 1915; provided bow-
ever, that state lands purchased previous to 1915 are not charged against
such purchaser.
Agents acting for purchasers mu_t
furnish affidavit oi authority.
Appraisers' repc.ts showing quality
and kind of -soil ..re on file in this
office. List giving legal descriptions
of Und to be oliered may be obtained
of the State Auditor or the immigration Conimii-sioncr at St. Paul and the
uounty Auditor at above address.
J. A. O. PREUS,
State Auditor.
E STATi
R of Espeeia! Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
GATHERED FROM ILL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Take a course in shorthand
and typewriting- at the Little
Fails Business College and get
a good position at a good salary. Write for your catalog.
County Attorney Rosen-
meier made a trip by automobile to Morrill last week Wednesday to try an assault and
battery case against Fred
Fleck of Morrill. Fleck demanded a jury trial aud was
found guilty and sentenced
to pay a fine of ten $10 and
costs, amounting to $50, or
serve 30 days in the county
jail. He served notice to appeal to the district court.
Randall is the latest town
to apply to the Little Falls
Water Power company for
service. Randall is ,at present without electric service
of any kind and wants a
transmission line from Little
Falls badly. The company
is willing to provide the village with current, provided
it can be shown that there is
business enough to warrant
the building of the line and
the maintenance of a service.
Farewell Dance
will be given at Geo. Se=
gitte's place next Monday
October the 9th. Every=
body is invited to attend.
Geo. Segitte.
Fore Sale—An Excel =
sior three=sr?eed motor=
cycle, very reasonable.
Faust Bros.
•A short course for Minnesota editors will be offered by the state university this winter.
Henry M. Young has been appointed postmaster at Luce, Ottertail county, to succeed Michael Durkin, resigned.
Dr. Philc- S. Calkins, who had practiced dentistry in Minneapolis since
1871, is dead. He was eighty-five
years of age.
One death from infantile paralysis
and another severe case have caused
a scare in Freeborn county and the
Glenville schools have been ordered
closed.
John Miller of Miller Bros., owners
of the "Flying Dutchman" saw mill,
was found guilty at Bemidji of a
charge of entering state land and
cutting timber.
Timber worth $44,430.18, cut from
a single section of state school land
in Koochiching county, establishes a
new high record, according to State
Auditor Preus.
Joseph Wiebolt. seventy-five years
old, is dead at New Munich as a result of falling in a puddle and smothering. The body was found with the
face buried in the mud.
Minneapolis motorists caused two
traffic deaths in St. Paul within a
few hours, the victims being Esther
Pmincll, three years old, and Andrew
Grady, sixty-five years old.
George Carris, aged thirty-six, an
employe of the Minnesota Transfer
company at St. Paul, was instantly
killed when a switch engine ran over
him in the Transfer yards.
Albert Kruger, a harvest hand, is
dead at Cedar Mills from infantile
paralysis after a few days' illness. lie
had contracted the disease while
working in a threshing crew.
Frank McCollom, a farmhand, must
serve a term in the state penitentiary
because he was found guilty in district court at St. Cloud Of stealing a
shotgun and selling it for 75 cents.
Deadlocked on the selection of a
county commissioner the Norman
county commissioners have appealed
to the attorney general to lay down a
course of procedure to break the tie.
At Bemidji the jury in the case of
the state against M. Purritannen,
charged with having unlawfully entered state land and cut timber thereon, returned a verdict of not guilty.
That Peter Schrief, killed at Black
Duck, came to his death as "the result
of a gunshot wound inflicted by
George Sterling" was the verdict of a
coroner's- jury. Sterling is being held.
A. C. Anderson, a real estate dealer
of Lamberton, was instantly killed
when an automobile in which he and
his two sons were riding struck a dog
and overturned. The sons escaped
injury.
Joseph Harlan 'Moody, one of the
earliest druggists in Minneapolis, died
aUWarroad, where h'e located several
■^ears ago to engage in the land business. Mr. Moody settled in Minneapolis ih 1855.
St. Olaf college at Northfield, in
its forty-third year, now has the largest enrollment in its history. There
are 557 students registered and late
arrivals are expected to bring the total near 600.
Miss Anna M. Liden, aged forty,
maid at the'Angus hotel at St. Paul,
who was attacked and beaten by an
unknown man, is dead., Walter Patterson, janitor of the hotel, is under
arrest on suspicion.
Airs. Louise B. Rasmussen of St.
Paul was re-elected supreme treasurer
of the Danish Sisterhood at the national convention at St. Paul. Mrs.
Hansine Madsen of Clinton, O., was
vc-elected supreme president.
Interesting data on the extent and
condition of roads in Minnesota have
been compiled and issued in bulletin
form by the state highway commission, showing that the- total state road
mileage in the state is 12,300.
Decrease of $702,000 in the demands
of the state on its taxpayers for funds
Cor operation and maintenance of its
many departments next year compared
with the current year is shown in the
new tax rate for state purposes.
Twenty-five million dollars have
been spent on drainage work in Minnesota in the last twenty years, nearly
$1,000,000 of it in the form of state
appropriations, and yet, in the opinion
of state officers, the work has just begun.
Mrs. Mary Rosner of St. Paul
dropped dead in Forest Home cemetery, Forest Park, 111. She was sixty-
seven years old and had been visiting
a nephew in Chicago. She went to
the cemetery to visit the grave of a
friend.
J. C. Simpson, secretary of the Minnesota state fair board, wild resign
shortly, according to report, and accept a position with a large corporation in the Bast. Mr. Simpson wag
elected secretary of the board in January, 1911, at a salary of $5,000 a
sr«ar.
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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER, 5, 1916
NO. 16
5.-
THE TOWN OF
HENRIETTA
By F. A. MITCHEL
-.-
=W.
If one desires to see how fast tho
world is moving on iet him spend a
few weeks in a town that has stood
still. Ill Henrietta—named for the
Queen of Charles I. of England—the
same social forms are in vogue that
. were current in 1SG0. And even then
there was a semblance of the formality
that existed in Baltimore when Miss
Patterson married a brother of the
great Napoleon. In introducing a
friend to another the introducer would
say, *"I have the honor of presenting
my friend Miss So-and-so of the old
Virginia family of So-and-so's, who
were prominent in the colony during
the reign of Charles II." Indeed, there
was no one in the place whose ancestors were not loyal subjects of one of
the Stuart kings except a family of
Stackpoles, who were tabooed because
the founder of the, family in America
had been a fugitive regicide.
One morning a young couple arrived
in Henrietta, evidently a bride and
groom, and within an hour after their
arrival had rented one of the houses
that had been long vacant owing to
the shrinkage of-the population. The
groom, nineteen years old, was a dignified young fellow for his age, the
bride a rosebud three years his junior.
He said very little, she a great deal.
She was a regular chatterbox. She
appeared to consider every one on
earth her bosom friend. She would
speak to any one on the slightest provocation and not trouble the person addressed to do any of the talking. So
smiling, so unaffected, indeed, so
charming was she that it is difficult to
understand how, even in Henrietta,
she could have been snubbed. But
she was.
To such a person, outspoken in
friendliness, a snub is like Jack Frost
touching the petal of a flower. At
first the little woman did not understand it, but when she had been frozen
by several Henrietta ladies she began
to wilt—that is, when she came in
contact with any more of them she
curled up like the sensitive plant.
Now, the Stackpole family, whose
ancestor had been Instrumental in cutting off the head of its sovereign, had
always lived outside tbe charmed circle of Henrietta society. Consequently they could sympathize with one
whose refinement entitled her to be in
it, but who was not permitted to take
her place there. At any rate, they
called on the bride and invited her to
tea. Then she fell ill, and they carried dainty things to her. They even
insisted on taking her and her husband to their home, where they could
make them more comfortable.
The little bride gladly accepted the
Invitation, and her husband was
pleased to have her do so, especially
since he dreaded to have her remain
in such dilapidated quarters. As for
himself, he remained where he was
except when in attendance upon his
wife. Of course everything the couple
did was known and discussed. When
it was learned that the groom had declined for himself the Stackpole invitation the most aristocratic lady in
Henrietta remarked, "I believe that
young man has royal blood in his
veins."
One day a letter came for the bride
and groom, and as soon after the young
wife was able to travel the birds flew
away. Many speculations had been
rife as to where they had come from,
and as soon as it was known that they
had gone inquiries were made at the
postoffice by one of the social magnates as to the postmark. When told
that it was the seat of the federal
government a tremor passed over the
town.
For some time after the war Washington was tabooed by Henrietta as
unworthy of notice. But when the
first families of the south began to
send their prominent sons to congress,
the cabinet, tho supreme court and
other important positions Henrietta began to hungerfor Washington. What
if that young couple were the children
of—perhaps a congressman? But the
announcement- that the letter was
from the capital was a ripple beside a
tidal wave when one of the Stackpole
family was known to have received an
engraved card stating that the Secretary of State and Mrs. would be
pleased to see certain members of the
Stackpole family at their residence in
circle on a specified evening.
There had been no such upheaval In
Henrietta since the beheading of
Charles I., when the town was a settlement in the primaeval forest, as
took place at this invitation. Nor was
it lessened at Mrs. Stackpole senior's
declaring that the groom who had lately been with them was the son of a
senator and the bride the daughter of
a cabinet officer. The youngsters had
stolen away—almost from the nursery
—to run away and be married.
The Stackpoles' attendance at a
function at the house of the secretary
of state wiped away the stain of regl-
cidal blood. All Henrietta besieged
them on their return to hear an account of the festivities, and the ice
having been after three centuries
broken, it did not again congeal.
Henrietta's, last aristocratic maiden
Citizen died a few years ago, and the
place has the appearance of the first
settlement in America—Jamestown. A
part of the church remains and some
of the houses, but they are occupied by
citizens of African descent. The bride
and groom who sojourned there have
settled down as elderly persons of so-
scial prominence in the capital.
Death Claims
C. A. Sprandel
Charles August Sprandel, for 35
years a resident and a well known
business man of Little Falls, died-
Friday evening at S o'clock at his
home at the Brickyards, a few miles
west of the city, from heart failure.
He had been ill since last spring.
Mr. Sprandel was born Dec. 14,
1850, at Reading, Pa., and came to
Little Falls in 1881, after spending his
boyhood in Indiana. He was also
in business at Morris a short time before coming here. He had been identified with the brick making industry
ever since coming here and was still
owner of the Sprandel brickyards at
the time of hi's death, although he
had not operated them for several
years.
Close Schools to
Gather Potatoes
A Pretty Busy Man.
Peter L. Poster's crew is now
putting- the finishing- touches to
the Terhaar bridg-e. With one
crew at the bridg-e, one crew at
the Pierz Hotel, another digging
a basement and moving- Susan
Wag-ner's house, another building- cement walks at the bank,
and putting- a cement floor in
in basement, another making-
teed ing floors and water troughs,
and other pumping- water out of
cellars, another getting- the
threshing: machine in order, an
other repairing- the planer, another crew of men and teams
hauling sand and gravel for the
cement workers etc., etc,, etc.,
—whats the use of mentioning
all the crews—it keeps Peter
scattered. And yet he is never
So busy that he doesn't find time
to fig-ure on a job of any kind.
He never burns any of his irons.
The Motley Consolidated schools
were closed all of this week to allow the school children from the
country to assist their parents in
picking up potatoes and to give the
school board an opportunity to make
some changes which it has been found
necessary to make owing to the overcrowded conditions of the school.
Between 40 and 50 of the school
children from the country were going
to stay out of school this week to
pick up potatoes as it is impossible at
this time of the year for the farmers
to hire help to do this work. This is
the first time it has been necessary to
close the school in Motley for this
purpose although it has been practiced at other places and at Verndale
•the school is closed each year for a
sufficient length of time to allow 'the
farmers to get their potato crop out.
Liveryman Killed
In Auto Accident
A New Soft Drink
Factory Starts Soon
Fined in Mille Lacs Co.
A new soft drink factory will be
started before January 1 by Alderman E. F. Brown and others interested in the venture with him. The factory will be located at 409 Third
street northeast in a new building to
be erected on a 50-foot lot owned by
Mr. Brown.
The firm name of the new company
will be Brown & Co. and the building
will be ready before Jan. 1 for commencing business. Mr. Brown will
continue his dray line, which will be
consolidated with the factory and will
be owned by the new firm.
Little Falls has one bottling factory
at present and this concern has always done an excellent business. The
natural growth of the city and county
together with the phenomenal growth
of 'the soft drink business is believed
by many to furnish a fine opening for
another factory. The new concern
should do well.
Pierz R. F. D. No. 3.
Over in Mille Lacs county two
partners in a drug store and the wife
of one of the men were fined a total
of $277 by Judge Roeser Monday
afternoon. They were found guilty
of iselling morning "nips" behind
the prescription counter to a few
friends. A doctors prescription had
been used over and over again according to the testimony.
Protected By Accident
Insurance.
Owing to an act recently passed
by congress, postoffice employes are
now protected by accident insurance
at the expense of the government.
$500,000 was appropriated for the
purpose when the act was passed.
In case of injury, either temporary
or permanent, or of death incurred
in the course of duty, employes or
their dependants will receive 66
2-3 per cent of their regular salary
each month.
Sullivan News.
T. S. Look was a Lastrup caller
'ast Wednesday.
Mrs. T. S. Look visited at the lake
Wednesday.
Fred Lynn drove to Pierz Friday
and brought home a load of siding.
Miss Jessie Smith left Friday for
Kimball where she will stay with
her brother Charles and attend high
school. .
Claude Look was a Hillman visitor
Friday.
H. C. Smith, wife and son Tom
were visitors in Onamia Friday.
Ben Olson of the "Pines" was a visitor in this vicinity Sunday.
Stewart Oliver was a lake caller
Sunday.
Ruth and Blanche Walmark called.
at Hoppe's Sunday.
Julius Popelick was a Lastrup caller Sunday. ,
Pleasant Loop called at Mrs. Ford's
Saturday afternoon.
John Hoheisel of Pierz lias moved
'into tho Geo. Sigette place in Platte j
which he purchased some time ago.!
He expects to keep a store in the
near future.
Marie Hoppe was a visitor at J. P. j
Walmark's Sunday.
Will Penniman and R. C. Bethel
were at the lake Sunday.
Illif Wilmark returned home from
the drive Sunday and will stay for
some time.
Everybody busy digging spuds and
very few to dig.
Annie Smith spent Monday night
with Vernida Look.
J. J. Linnehan sawed wood last week
with his new gasoline engine.
John Sochrs, who has been working on the Wood hill out of Lastrup,
is home.
Miss Alice Muncy .spent the week
end at her home here. She is attending high school at Little Falls.
Miss Helen Davis spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Little
Falls.
Merrill Winzenburg and Charles Davis of Little Fails spent a few days of
last week at the M. F. Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beimert returned
Wednesday from a trip in Wisconsin.
Fritz Kroper and Pete Seeleh were
Pierz callers Thursday evening.
•Dr. E. A. Hail was called Sunday
to Carl Beimert's to see a sick horse.
Mrs. E. L. Muncy and daughter
Wanda were Little Falls- visitors Saturday.
Those attending the party at Charlie Johnson's Sunday evening report
a very good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Casper Meyer, Misises
Margaret, Frances and Agnes Meyer
called at the M. F. Smith home Monday . evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. DeRosier and
daughter spent Saturday in Little
Falls.
Wilson, Nation's Most
Aristocratic President
Melrose, Minn.—Leo Gillitzer, aged
31, lost his life late last night when
an automobile which he was driving
left the road a few miles out of here
and rolled down a steep embankment
into a slough.
Whether or not Gillitzer had sustained a broken neck or lost his life
by drowning when he "was pinioned
(aider the car in the slough was not
known for a certainty early today.
Gillitzer, who is the liveryman at
Spring Hill, had been running a car
to the fair to haul visitors to that
exposition during the day yesterday.
During the afternoon he had taken
four men from St. Martin to Sauk
Centre. On the return trip he came
by way of Melrose and his own car
became disabled. '
Leaving his car in the garage he
-took out another one and started for
home j about 10 o'clock last night.
This was the last seen of him until an
early hour this morning.
It was about 5 o'clock this morning
that Theodore Wuertz was driving up
ilie road near which Gillitzer lost his
life when he saw an automobile turned
over at the foot of the embankment.
Wuertz went down to make an inspection of the car and was startled
to find the body of a muTi pinioned
underneath it. He notified the authorities at once and the body was removed. According to Wuertz the body
was lying in the water, partly submerged, and it is presumed that Gillitzer lost his life by drowning.
It is also presumed that it was due
to the fact that he was not familiar
with the car he was driving that he
left the road, as he knows'the country thoroughly, and he is a sober man.
Gillitzer is the son of Joseph Gil-
ntzer of Collegeville, one of the early
teachers of the vicinity. He is married and has four children.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Court House Records
In Good Condition
County Treasurer Renick and Public Examiner George R. Boostrom
passed through here this forenoon on
the way to Hillman. Mr. Boostrom,
in speaking of affairs pertaining to
his duties, said: "I have examined
the books in the Morrison county
court house and found them absolutely correct. The records of your county are kept' absolutely correct and
are second to none in the state—with
emphasis on state—and your officials
stand out in strong relief against those
of the counties of northern Minnesota
now in the limelight."
Mr. Boostrom was attending to his
regular duties as examiner at Little
Falls, and since the office of State
Public Examiner had received a petition signed by ten citizens of Hillman, requesting that the books of
that township be examined, he made
the trip there today for that purpose.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
Fergus Falls Journal: Richard
Hoorn was up from Alexandria to attend the county fair Friday and states
that quite a sensation was created
there a few days ago, when it became
noised about that United States Senator Knute Nelson had invested in an
automboile—the first that he has ever
owned. Senator Nelson, when not engaged in handling affairs at Washington, spends his time at his farm
home, about a mile out from Alexandria. He enjoys farm work, and
up to this time has always driven a
quiet old family horse. Last week,
however, he yielded to the prevailing
tendency of the times and Invested j
in an automobile—a F°rd. Senator t
Nelson differs somewhat in this respect from President Wilson, who has
a matter of eight Pierce Arrows—'the
wealthy man's car—in his garage;
and by the way, 'Congressmen and
Senators who spend their time in
Washington state that President Wilson is the most aristocratic president
who has occupied the White House
in the past generation, especially
since his recent marriage. i
'Vheat, No. 1, --
Wheat, No. 2__
Wheat, No. 3_'_U
Flax,
Barley
Rye?
Oats
$1.
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1
2,
80
1
Ear Corn
Hay 7
Butter, Creamery ••
Dairy ._
Egg-s
Plour,Royal 4
" White Rose 4
Low grade flour 1
Bran . 1
Shorts 1
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1
Ground Peed 1
Beans 5
Onions
60
58
49
20
85'
10
40
72
00
37
27
26
50
40
80
30
35
50
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60
MaryLjanger returned frcm
Rochester last week.
John Hoheisel and family
have moved to Platte.
'Die show in the Opera
House begins at 8:15, instead
of 8:30.
Gr. Martin of Sullivan was
an over-night visitor here
Monday.
Norbert Brummer and family spent Sunday visiting relatives in Cxilman.
E. A. Magnusseu of Milaca
passed through here to Freedhem Saturday.
Mrs. Richard Boehm of
Foley is here visiting at the
Frank Boehm home.
JohnKastanek has ordered
the Pierz Journal sent to Cor-
onodo Beach, California.
H. J. Vierk made a trip to
Soutli St. Paul yesterday
with several cars of stock.
The Neitzinger family has
moved into the house recently vacated by John Hoheisel.
John J. Filer Jr. is now at
work with Mike Schraut in
the delivery business.
Frank Kimnies has put up
a new 86 by 80 barn on his
place, the old Joseph Jaeger
farm.
Chas. Becker is going to!
build a house and barn on
his place about six miles east
of the village.
It is reported that Bowin,
Rathbun died at his Montana
home a few weeks ago, at the
age of 71 years.
Joseph P. Leigh of Vawter
was in town last night. Mr.
Leigh is buyiug grain and
potatoes at Vawter.
When a cow has a humped-
up back, a hacking cough
and a rough coat, tuberculosis is to be suspected.
Henry Gau lias bought a lot
north of the village pumping
station and is clearing same
and prepairing it for a residence.
A crew of the Little Falls
Water Power Co. is at work
installing electric light aud
power into the Mike Thommes and Christ Faust places.
Marriage licenses were iss-'
ued last Friday tolgnatz Brisk
and Mary Cimiuski and to
Frank Pohlkamp and Catherine Suess.
The sheep-killing dog is a
gentleman by day, but a fiend
by night- He is incurable.
Capital punishment is tne
only kind that will stop his
depredations.
St. Cloud Business College has
more calls lor students to till
positions tha.ii it can supply.
It's the school to SAVE you
money.
At last the German State
Bank building is assuming
the form of the architects design. The basement is completed, the heating plant is
installed, and the cement
walk on the south side is
done.
Sale of School and
Other Lands
State of Minnesota,
State Auditor's Office,
Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 1916, at 10 o'clock a. m. in
the office of the County Auditor at
Little Falls, Morrison County, in the
State of Minnesota, I will offer for
sale certain unsold .state lands and
also those state lands which have reverted to the State by reason of the
non-payment of interest.
Terms of Sale.
Fifteen per cent of the purchase
price is payable to the County Treasurer at the time of sale. The unpaid
balance is payable at any time in
whole or in part on or before forty
years from the date of sale at an interest rate of four per cent per annum,
due on June first of each year; provided, that the interest can be paid
at any time within the intereut year
without penalty. In effect, this means
that the interest money may be paid
any time between June and May
thirty-first without penalty.
Appraised value of timber, when
so stated, must be paid for in full at.
the time of sale.
All lands are sold subject to any
and all ditch taxes thereon.
All mineral rights are reserved to
the State by the laws of the State.
Lands on whibh the interest has become delinquent may be redeemed at
any time up to the hour of sale, or before resale, to the actual purchaser.
Such lands are listed under the caption, "Delinquent Lands."
No person can purchase more than
320 acres of lands as provided by the
General Laws 1915; provided bow-
ever, that state lands purchased previous to 1915 are not charged against
such purchaser.
Agents acting for purchasers mu_t
furnish affidavit oi authority.
Appraisers' repc.ts showing quality
and kind of -soil ..re on file in this
office. List giving legal descriptions
of Und to be oliered may be obtained
of the State Auditor or the immigration Conimii-sioncr at St. Paul and the
uounty Auditor at above address.
J. A. O. PREUS,
State Auditor.
E STATi
R of Espeeia! Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
GATHERED FROM ILL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Take a course in shorthand
and typewriting- at the Little
Fails Business College and get
a good position at a good salary. Write for your catalog.
County Attorney Rosen-
meier made a trip by automobile to Morrill last week Wednesday to try an assault and
battery case against Fred
Fleck of Morrill. Fleck demanded a jury trial aud was
found guilty and sentenced
to pay a fine of ten $10 and
costs, amounting to $50, or
serve 30 days in the county
jail. He served notice to appeal to the district court.
Randall is the latest town
to apply to the Little Falls
Water Power company for
service. Randall is ,at present without electric service
of any kind and wants a
transmission line from Little
Falls badly. The company
is willing to provide the village with current, provided
it can be shown that there is
business enough to warrant
the building of the line and
the maintenance of a service.
Farewell Dance
will be given at Geo. Se=
gitte's place next Monday
October the 9th. Every=
body is invited to attend.
Geo. Segitte.
Fore Sale—An Excel =
sior three=sr?eed motor=
cycle, very reasonable.
Faust Bros.
•A short course for Minnesota editors will be offered by the state university this winter.
Henry M. Young has been appointed postmaster at Luce, Ottertail county, to succeed Michael Durkin, resigned.
Dr. Philc- S. Calkins, who had practiced dentistry in Minneapolis since
1871, is dead. He was eighty-five
years of age.
One death from infantile paralysis
and another severe case have caused
a scare in Freeborn county and the
Glenville schools have been ordered
closed.
John Miller of Miller Bros., owners
of the "Flying Dutchman" saw mill,
was found guilty at Bemidji of a
charge of entering state land and
cutting timber.
Timber worth $44,430.18, cut from
a single section of state school land
in Koochiching county, establishes a
new high record, according to State
Auditor Preus.
Joseph Wiebolt. seventy-five years
old, is dead at New Munich as a result of falling in a puddle and smothering. The body was found with the
face buried in the mud.
Minneapolis motorists caused two
traffic deaths in St. Paul within a
few hours, the victims being Esther
Pmincll, three years old, and Andrew
Grady, sixty-five years old.
George Carris, aged thirty-six, an
employe of the Minnesota Transfer
company at St. Paul, was instantly
killed when a switch engine ran over
him in the Transfer yards.
Albert Kruger, a harvest hand, is
dead at Cedar Mills from infantile
paralysis after a few days' illness. lie
had contracted the disease while
working in a threshing crew.
Frank McCollom, a farmhand, must
serve a term in the state penitentiary
because he was found guilty in district court at St. Cloud Of stealing a
shotgun and selling it for 75 cents.
Deadlocked on the selection of a
county commissioner the Norman
county commissioners have appealed
to the attorney general to lay down a
course of procedure to break the tie.
At Bemidji the jury in the case of
the state against M. Purritannen,
charged with having unlawfully entered state land and cut timber thereon, returned a verdict of not guilty.
That Peter Schrief, killed at Black
Duck, came to his death as "the result
of a gunshot wound inflicted by
George Sterling" was the verdict of a
coroner's- jury. Sterling is being held.
A. C. Anderson, a real estate dealer
of Lamberton, was instantly killed
when an automobile in which he and
his two sons were riding struck a dog
and overturned. The sons escaped
injury.
Joseph Harlan 'Moody, one of the
earliest druggists in Minneapolis, died
aUWarroad, where h'e located several
■^ears ago to engage in the land business. Mr. Moody settled in Minneapolis ih 1855.
St. Olaf college at Northfield, in
its forty-third year, now has the largest enrollment in its history. There
are 557 students registered and late
arrivals are expected to bring the total near 600.
Miss Anna M. Liden, aged forty,
maid at the'Angus hotel at St. Paul,
who was attacked and beaten by an
unknown man, is dead., Walter Patterson, janitor of the hotel, is under
arrest on suspicion.
Airs. Louise B. Rasmussen of St.
Paul was re-elected supreme treasurer
of the Danish Sisterhood at the national convention at St. Paul. Mrs.
Hansine Madsen of Clinton, O., was
vc-elected supreme president.
Interesting data on the extent and
condition of roads in Minnesota have
been compiled and issued in bulletin
form by the state highway commission, showing that the- total state road
mileage in the state is 12,300.
Decrease of $702,000 in the demands
of the state on its taxpayers for funds
Cor operation and maintenance of its
many departments next year compared
with the current year is shown in the
new tax rate for state purposes.
Twenty-five million dollars have
been spent on drainage work in Minnesota in the last twenty years, nearly
$1,000,000 of it in the form of state
appropriations, and yet, in the opinion
of state officers, the work has just begun.
Mrs. Mary Rosner of St. Paul
dropped dead in Forest Home cemetery, Forest Park, 111. She was sixty-
seven years old and had been visiting
a nephew in Chicago. She went to
the cemetery to visit the grave of a
friend.
J. C. Simpson, secretary of the Minnesota state fair board, wild resign
shortly, according to report, and accept a position with a large corporation in the Bast. Mr. Simpson wag
elected secretary of the board in January, 1911, at a salary of $5,000 a
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